Stay away from the Dodge/Chrysler vans from those years. We have friend who owned a '95 Caravan and it was rusted, paint falling off, and transmission problems. My dad once stayed with it on the side of the road while the friend went to get fuel and he had 2-3 other people stop and say they had a van just like that, complete with a dent in the door
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The Ford Windstar would be a better choice or the GM vans from that era if you're looking to stick with domestics. Reliability is a problem for most of the Mini-vans but the Dodge/Chrysler variants were the worst IMHO.
And when you say NorCal do you mean North as in Sacramento? Or North of Sacramento like Eureka or Redding?